Wire tie



(No Model.)

G. O. DITZLER. WIRE TIE.

Gwlyealjz'glen y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WIRE TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,909, datedDecember Application filed April 19, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. DITZLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Uniondale, in the county of Wells and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Wire Tie, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a wire tie adapted for tying fodder shocks or bundles, and the object in view is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient tie of flexible wire provided with means for looking or connecting the ends with facility, whereby they may be readily detached when necessary to remove the tie.

Further objects and advantages of this in vention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a tie embodying my invention applied in the operative position to a shock or bundle. Fig. 2 is a detail View, enlarged, of the extremities of the tie, showing the same interlocked. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the extremities interlocked.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The improved tie is constructed of a single blank of flexible wire, and I have found that No. 18 is a suitable size for ordinary purposes. The tie is provided with terminal finger-rings 1 and 2, formed integral with the body portion of the tie and held in shape by twisted portions 4 and 5, contiguous to the rings, the extremity of the wire which forms the ring 2 being extended beyond the twisted portion 5, looped 0r doubledupon itself to form a hook 6 and intertwisted with the continuous portion of the blank, as shown at 7. This hook is inclined from the ring 2, whereby it is adapted to engage with one of a series of projections 8, formed on the tie contiguous to the other finger-ring. These projections are spaced apart, as shown, in order to provide for different adjustments of the tie to suit different sizes of bundles, and the projections Serial No. 546,392. (No model.)

are formed by eyes, of which the neck portions 9 are twisted. These eyes are integral with the body portion of the tie and may be constructed by engaging a loop of said body portion and twisting the same suifioiently to prevent straightening.

In use the wire is passed around the shock or bundle, the operator holding the fingerrings, and the extremities are pulled in opposite directions beyond each other until the hook can be engaged with one of the lateral integral projections formed by the eyes. The reduced portion of each projection formed by the twisted neck thereof prevents the accidental displacement of the hook, and as the expansion of the bundle holds the hook in engagement with said reduced portion or neck the disengagement of the hook from the projection is prevented.

It will be seen from the above description that the improved tie may be manufactured at a small cost, and that the desired compression of a shock or bundle may be attained and the extremities of the tie interlocked at the desired adjustment without special effort upon the part of the operator. An essential advantage of this form of tie resides in the fact that no bending or twisting of the wire subsequent to the compressionof the shock or bundle is necessary. The hook is simply passed over the desired projection by pressing the finger-ring 2 toward the bundle, when the expansion of the bundle insures the proper engagement of the parts.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a bale tie constructed of a single blank of flexible wire, provided with terminal finger-rings, the extremity of the blank forming one of said finger-rings being extended beyond the inner side of the ring, twisted or coiled at an interval around the body portion'of the blank and looped outwardly between the twists or coils to form a hook 6 having an inclined outer my own I have hereto affixed my signature in side, and the body portion of the blank being the presence of two Witnesses. looped at intervals to form projections or eyes 8 of which the sides are twisted to form re- GEORGE O. DITZLER. 5 duced neck portions 9, substantially as speoiitnesses:

fied. H. W. LEPKEY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as L. F. SCHORY. 

